OK little more detail in this post and less emotion.
Q: Was very challenging as I find at the end of every single lap at Riverside I find myself shaking my head knowing there is a faster line out there. Yves is one fast Larose!!! he bests by personal best of 1:14:015 with a high 1:13 with little time on the clock at all. I am happy with my qualifying as I am very consistant with my standing starts. P2 here I come.
R1: We line up and I get myself all worked up for the start. I just love standing starts in this game. The lights go out and I launch my C6 with sheer unadulterated violence down the front stretch. I didnt know if Yves got a bad start or not but he wasnt where he started. I get into 5th right before T2, downshift, throw the car into T2 while nailing 5th gear and with a quick flick of the wrist for a correction I head for the first run through the S's. As I round the crest of the next right hander I get a quick look behind me to see chaos ( this was just forshadowing ) happening with quite a few of the racers. I start to push hard and concentrate on my line. I know Yves is fast as he has proven in Q before, but I figure I will see what I have and give him a run. Well I ran out of talent running the low line on the last corner clipping the apron and spinning my car. Yves and another pass me. P3 is where I am at now. I hold my gap to P2 while saving rubber for few laps in hopes of making a run for it at the end. It looks like Yves gets a little sideways going into T2 and gets mixed up with the P2 car. They both cut some grass and slow enough for me to pass them both!!! I have assumed the lead and I did not want to give it up. I figure if I can keep a little gap to Yves I may be able to hold him off. Over the next 12 laps I gain a little here and he gains a little there. My largest gap was 3.6 seconds and the smallest was less than one second. With one lap left I start to short shift and run a conservative line. I am able to hold off Yves and get on top of the podium. This was a fun race with a great result!!!!
R2: I start 6th right behind Eric (I think) in the Bimmer. I launch again with violence. Some of the top starters do not get a good start and I am able to pass 3 before T2. I have quite the head of steam at this moment and have my eyes on the lead vette. I started to follow Jarrod into T2 as I thought I had passed Stefan. Again Stefan I am sorry. I tried a pass and it only cost fellow racers fun. I am the one that caused the chaos this race. I pull over ( I followed the rules this time ) and waited for Stefan who unfourtunetly was not able to continue. Again sorry. I get back on track and try and focus but am not happy with my driving and lack of patience. I have cut some grass, played at the beach, and did have some racing but my nerves were shot. I make it to 8th but again am not happy with the L1 T2 incident. Maybe I should just stay away from Blue and White cars.
All in all a pretty good time. See you all next week!!
